Country snapshot · East Africa
Djibouti
Solar added each year
Ember estimates of all solar (utility-scale, distributed and off-grid), MW. 2026 is Ember’s full-year estimate.
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| Year | MW | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 16.1 | Ember estimate |
| 2024 | 17.9 | Ember estimate |
| 2025 | 35.6 | Ember estimate |
| 2026E | 32.2 | Ember estimate, full year |
0.2% of Africa’s estimated 2026 solar additions (32.2 of 17,449.4 MW).1
Who has electricity
Share of people with access to electricity, 2024: rural and urban.
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| Area | Access | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Rural | 53.9% | 2024 |
| Urban | 74.9% | 2024 |
| National | 69.2% | 2024 |
World Bank WDI, 2024.2
How reliable is the grid for business?
Firms experiencing electrical outages (2025 survey), compared with Sub-Saharan Africa and the world.3,4N5
56.6% (2025 survey) · Sub-Saharan Africa 72.4% · World 47.5% (2025)
The rules for small-scale generationN1,N6
Export rules: Partial
- Regulator
- None found
- Main utility
- Électricité de Djibouti (EDD)
Export rulesAn official interviewed says licensed self-producers may feed surplus to the grid up to a capacity limit. No published rule, tariff or decree found.5Low confidenceShow detail
Partial. A Djiboutian official interviewed says self-producers are licensed up to a capacity limit and may feed surplus to the grid. No published rule, tariff or decree was found
How exports are creditedNone foundShow detail
None found
Size limits and licensingA limit is said to exist; threshold not found.5Low confidenceShow detail
Stated to exist ("for a certain amount of capacity"), but the threshold was not found
Mini-grid rulesNone foundShow detail
None found. A rural electrification law exists per a FAOLEX listing (not fetched)
Market access beyond the utilityGeneration opened to competition in 2015. IPPs: Ghoubet wind 60 MW (2023); Grand Bara solar 25 MW (PPA 2023).5High confidenceShow detail
Generation was opened to competition by Law 88-AN-15-7 (2015). IPPs: Ghoubet wind 60 MW (Sep 2023); Grand Bara PV 25 MW (PPA Aug 2023, AMEA Power)
Aggregation / VPP rulesNone foundShow detail
None found
“None found” means we could not locate a rule in public sources reviewed to 10 October 2026, not that one cannot exist.
Recent developments
Dated developments, 2024–2026.
The full report
This is a snapshot. The full story is in Africa’s Invisible Grid.
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